Google Expeditions

I am currently contracted as an Expeditions Lead for the Google Expeditions AR Program, an emerging segment of Google EDU! The program aims to bring Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technology into classroom lesson plans.

I operate as liaison between our on the ground associate team, Project Coordinator, and Manager. I also address problems or concerns associates may have and increase our outreach by improving workflow.

I also visit schools on the East Coast and instruct teachers, as well as students, in order to test our new app and gather feedback.

Finally, I've represented Google Expeditions at a number of events with student initiatives:

Most recently my teammate and I represented our emerging tech at student incubator CODE Next, as well as From Stem to Screen, held at The Paley Center For Media and in partnership with The Mayor's Office for Media and Entertainment NYC. (Students attended from Black Girls Code, The Young Women’s Leadership Schools, Lower East Side Girls Club, James Madison High School, Cush Center, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, Bronx International High School, and Academy of Innovative Technology High School.)

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User Testing

During the 2017-2018 school year I was contracted as an Expeditions Lead for the Google Expeditions AR Program, an emerging segment of Google EDU! The program aims to bring Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technology into classroom lesson plans.

This program gave me my first exposure to the UX Process.

In this experience I was only involved in one segment of Agile, the user testing and iteration phase of prototyping. The endeavor sparked my interest to pursue UX so that I could have a more comprehensive role within research, design, and prototyping products and ideas moving forward.

I operated as the liaison between our on the ground associate team, project coordinator, and manager. I also addressed associate concerns and increased outreach.

I visited schools on the East Coast throughout NYC and Pittsburgh and worked alongside teachers to test our new app. My team and I facilitated lesson based focus groups in each school, with close to 500 students on average per day for user testing. This feedback provided valuable guidance for design iterations.

From Stem to Screen

My teammate Virginia and I represented our emerging tech at student incubator CODE Next, as well as From Stem to Screen, held at The Paley Center For Media, (In partnership with The Mayor's Office for Media and Entertainment NYC.)

Students attended from Black Girls Code, The Young Women’s Leadership Schools, Lower East Side Girls Club, James Madison High School, Cush Center, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, Bronx International High School, and Academy of Innovative Technology High School.